Tutorial: Eco-chic shopping bag from a t-shirt

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Many thanks go out to the readers who pointed out the striking similarity between this bag and one made by the talented Pascale from //between the lines//.  Craft Gossip linked out to Pascale’s bag last March (see the post). 

The project at Good Housekeeping came to my attention yesterday and, while the slashed t-shirt knit reminded me of Pascale’s bag, I thought it was nothing more than a coincidence.  In a creative community, ideas often travel around between designers as each puts their own spin.  It was not until I saw the comments from our readers and viewed the two projects side by side on my computer that I saw just how similar the two projects are.  I cannot speak to the motivations of the folks at Good Housekeeping, whether they intended to copy the original by //between the lines// or not.  In fact, with no date appearing on the Good Housekeeping post, I cannot make a definitive statement regarding which post was published first. 

What I can do, though, is thank everyone again for having Pascale’s back and making sure that she gets credit for her very creative idea.  This is what I love about the creative blog community!  And for those who haven’t seen it already, check out Pascale’s Quick Fix T-Shirt Shopping Bag.

Good Housekeeping has a tutorial for making an ec0-chic shopping bag out of an old t-shirt.  It’s a quick project, requiring just a few seams and cutting a lot of slits.  Get the how-to.

[photo from Good Housekeeping]